Burial-casket



(No Model.)

F. E. SNYPP.

BURIAL GASKET.

No. 582,239. Patented May 11, 1897i I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. SNYPP, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

BU RlAL-CASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,239, dated May 11,1897. Application filed February 15, 1897. Serial No. 623.364. (Nomodel.)

T0 all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK E. SNYPP, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Gaskets, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

and particularly when the same is large orl very heavy, as in the caseof the modern oak or metallic casket. The difficulty arises from thefact that there is no way of taking hold of the coffins or casketsexcept at the sides, the very place which comes too near the doorframes,except possibly in a few instances Where end handles are provided; butthese are objectionable because at the ends and because interfering withthe proper and desired symmetry of the receptacle. Then, too, unless twoend handles are provided the Weight is too great for one handle, whileif two are provided the whole end of the coffin or casket is marred andgiven a trappy appearance.

Now the object of my invention is to provide coffins or caskets with endhandles which are practically removed from sight and are only exposed,should occasion require it, for the period of passing through suchdoorways or other narrow places, as gates sometimes; and this object iscarried out by a combination with the coffin or casket of a receding andextendible handle onhandles adapted to recede and to be extendedrelatively to the end of the coffin or casket, so as to pass prac-Vtically out of View, so that ordinarily the same would not be seen ornoticed, and yet be at hand ready to be moved into position to begrasped.

In the accompanying drawings, on which like reference-letters indicatecorresponding parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cofiin orcasket embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional view ofthe same,

more clearly showing one manner of applying the handles; Fig. 3, atransverse vertical section on the line :c of Fig. 2, still furtherillustrating this manner of attaching the handies; Fig. 4, alongitudinal sectional view showing another manner of attaching thehandles; and Fig. 5, a sectional view on the line y y of Fig. 4, furtherillustrating the second form of attachment.

The letter A designates a coffin or casket of any form or type finishedand ornamented in any of the usual ways and made either of wood ormetal. The letter B designates handles adapted to extend outward fromthe ends of the receptacle and to recede with respect to such ends, sothat they may be adjusted practically out of view or notice when not inuse, yet be capable of being immediately placed in position to be takenhold of in carrying the coffin or casket through narrow places, such asdoorways, gates, dac., where there is not room for the attendants orpallbearers to Vstand at the sides or to take hold of the handleslocated at the sides, as usual. I have illustrated two forms ofattaching these handles to the coffin or casket, in both of which thehandle is adapted to recede by being slidingly connected with thestructure. In the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the sides of thereceptacle are bored longitudinally or recessed to receive the handles,as seen at O. The handles have studs or projections D, which form stopsthat come against plates E, secured to t-he inner faces of the sides ofthe receptacle. The recesses or channels are long enough to permit thehandles to be pushed in until they are practically out of view or noticeand leave only a small exposed part of an ornamental nature, such as theends F. Plates G may be secured to the ends about the handles to protectthe covering or finish of the coffin or casket at such points.

In Figs. 4 and 5 the handles are placed in the corners between the sidesand bottom of the receptacle and are adapted to slide in and out throughthe ends and through clips H and have lugs I to form stops to preventthem from being drawn too far out.

Thus it will be seen that I have shown and described two forms ofarrangement for connecting the handles with the casket or coffin; but Iwish to be understood as not confining ICO myself to either of theseforms, but rather that I lay claim to the broader combination of thecottln or casket With the handles so that they may be exposed to betaken hold of and then practically hidden from View by receding fromtheir exposed position to one of inclosure.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with a casket or cofn, of one or more handlesextendible beyond the ends and adapted to recede to practically removethe same from View.

2. The combination with a casket or coffin having a recess in its sidesnear its ends, of a handle slidably mounted in each of said recesses andextendible beyond the ends and FRANK E. SNYPP.

Vitnesses:

W. M. MCNAIR, OLIVER H. MILLER.

